爭議與款項落定
把「安頓下來」用在懸而未決的事情上：不再來回拉扯，條件定下來，事情就此落地。
settlement (agreement) · noun · C1
The agreement or decision that ends an argument, legal case, or conflict, or reaching it.
和解／協議
核心畫面
One way to hold it: something coming to rest and staying there. A family stops travelling and builds a house; an argument stops moving back and forth and the terms are fixed; a debt stops hanging over you; even a building slowly comes down onto its foundations. English keeps the word and changes what is settling.
可以想成一樣東西停下來、就此安頓在那裡：一家人不再遷徙，蓋起房子；一場爭執不再來回，條件敲定；一筆欠款不再懸著；甚至…更多收起
可以想成一樣東西停下來、就此安頓在那裡：一家人不再遷徙，蓋起房子；一場爭執不再來回，條件敲定；一筆欠款不再懸著；甚至一棟建築物也會慢慢往地基上沉下去。英文保留同一個字，換掉的只是「安頓下來的是什麼」。From the picture
地基下沉
這一支用的是最字面的那個動作：東西自己慢慢往下坐、找到穩定的位置。
settlement (sinking ground) · noun · C1
The slow process in which a building or the ground sinks downwards over time.
沉陷／沉降
Also in this word
settlement (place) · noun · C1
A place where a group of people have built homes, often where no one lived before.
聚落／村落
settlement (colonizing) · noun · C1
The process of many people moving to a new area in order to live there, especially where few people lived before.
拓殖／移居
原始詞典資料12 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
settlementnoun/ˈsɛ.təl.mənt/
- 1
The act of settling.
- settlement of debt
- 2
The state of being settled.
- 3
A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
- Such anthropophilous behaviour makes it a good candidate for a commensal relationship with humans at the Neolithic settlements of Quanhucun, Wuzhuangguoliang and Xiawanggang, as well as other Middle and Late Neolithic settlements in China […]
- 4
A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place.
- Here, after months of relative inactivity, Russian forces have drastically increased the intensity of their offensive operations targeting the villages of Staromaiorske and Urozhaine. These villages, located south of Velyka Novosilka, hold tactical and symbolic significance, as these are the last settlements that Ukrainian forces recaptured during their counteroffensive in the summer of 2023.
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archaeologyhistoryhuman-sciencesA site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village.
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architectureThe gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
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businessfinanceThe delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.
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lawA disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
另外 4 個記錄的用法
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lawA settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
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lawA resolution of a dispute.
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lawA mutual agreement to end a dispute without resorting to legal proceedings, also known as an out-of-court settlement or settling out of court.
- The family of a^([sic]) Ohio teenager who was crushed to death by the seat of a minivan after emergency responders failed to find him in time has been awarded a $6million settlement […] As part of the settlement, the city has pledged to improve its 911 call centre […]
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historicalAn estate or district in Anglo-Indian Bengal where, instead of taking a quota of the year's produce, the government took a fixed sum several times a year from the local cultivators.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。